# Jim Croce [Home](https://hit-masters.com/en) › [Jim Croce](https://hit-masters.com/en/artists/jim-croce-UCgHHxoD5eBpYkAVVQ_R-TrA) Jim Croce in HitMasters: 200 songs as collectible cards. Most popular: “Time in a Bottle”. 14 releases in the catalog. Free to collect as cards in HitMasters. | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tracks | 200 | | YouTube Music subscribers | 309,000 | | YouTube Music | [https://music.youtube.com/channel/UCgHHxoD5eBpYkAVVQ\_R-TrA](https://music.youtube.com/channel/UCgHHxoD5eBpYkAVVQ_R-TrA) | ## About James Joseph Croce was an American folk and rock singer-songwriter. Between 1966 and 1973, he released five studio albums and numerous singles. During this period, Croce took a series of odd jobs to pay bills while he continued to write and record songs as well as perform concerts. After Croce formed a partnership with songwriter and guitarist Maury Muehleisen in the early 1970s, his fortunes turned. Croce's breakthrough came in 1972, when his third album, You Don't Mess Around with Jim, produced three charting singles, including "Time in a Bottle", which reached number one after his death. The follow-up album Life and Times included the song "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown", the only number-one hit Croce had during his lifetime. On September 20, 1973, Croce, Muehleisen, and four others died in a plane crash, one day before the release of the lead single from Croce's fifth album, I Got a Name, during a period of significant commercial success. His music continued to chart throughout the 1970s following his death. Croce's widow and early songwriting partner, Ingrid Jacobson, continued to write and record after his death while their son, A.J. Croce, became a singer-songwriter in the 1990s. Text: Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim\_Croce), CC BY-SA license. ## Most popular songs - [Time in a Bottle – Jim Croce (Diamond Record)](https://hit-masters.com/en/tracks/jim-croce-time-in-a-bottle-Q29sOLG8xGE) - [Bad, Bad Leroy Brown – Jim Croce (Platinum Record)](https://hit-masters.com/en/tracks/jim-croce-bad-bad-leroy-brown-IOliTFaY3mY) - [Bad, Bad Leroy Brown – Jim Croce (Platinum Record)](https://hit-masters.com/en/tracks/jim-croce-bad-bad-leroy-brown-01pQgdIfhAM) - [Bad, Bad Leroy Brown – Jim Croce (Platinum Record)](https://hit-masters.com/en/tracks/jim-croce-bad-bad-leroy-brown-JzYf6qskdfA) - [Bad, Bad Leroy Brown – Jim Croce (Platinum Record)](https://hit-masters.com/en/tracks/jim-croce-bad-bad-leroy-brown-4-8naMGyMQs) - [Bad Bad Leroy Brown – Jim Croce (Platinum Record)](https://hit-masters.com/en/tracks/jim-croce-bad-bad-leroy-brown-tbW-h0M9_Do) - [Bad, Bad Leroy Brown – Jim Croce (Platinum Record)](https://hit-masters.com/en/tracks/jim-croce-bad-bad-leroy-brown-LPY1jHwXV68) - [Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels) – Jim Croce (Platinum Record)](https://hit-masters.com/en/tracks/jim-croce-operator-thats-not-the-way-it-feels-khYxP7TiFSA) - [You Don't Mess Around with Jim – Jim Croce (Platinum Record)](https://hit-masters.com/en/tracks/jim-croce-you-dont-mess-around-with-jim-VRIHW-aQl-k) - [You Don't Mess Around with Jim – Jim Croce (Platinum Record)](https://hit-masters.com/en/tracks/jim-croce-you-dont-mess-around-with-jim-hickVDiW8k0) - [You Don't Mess Around with Jim – Jim Croce (Platinum Record)](https://hit-masters.com/en/tracks/jim-croce-you-dont-mess-around-with-jim-HtEB1miU33E) - [You Don't Mess Around with Jim – Jim Croce (Platinum Record)](https://hit-masters.com/en/tracks/jim-croce-you-dont-mess-around-with-jim-v-ExW4-LP6Y) ## Releases - [The Very Best of Jim Croce (2023)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/jim-croce-the-very-best-of-jim-croce-MPREb_ks8WTDTxGlb) - [The Definitive Croce (2015)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/jim-croce-the-definitive-croce-MPREb_c7sUZbRivRC) - [Lost Time in a Bottle (2014)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/jim-croce-lost-time-in-a-bottle-MPREb_UNW8OlBCpkD) - [Greatest (2013)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/jim-croce-greatest-MPREb_jaPntBkLYPa) - [The Original Albums…Plus (2011)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/jim-croce-the-original-albums-plus-MPREb_6CXRgcPAWhu) - [Have You Heard: Jim Croce Live (2008)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/jim-croce-have-you-heard-jim-croce-live-MPREb_NapKFKYqwf2) - [Facets (2008)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/jim-croce-facets-MPREb_gbp6Kurd0rF) - [Home Recordings: Americana (2008)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/jim-croce-home-recordings-americana-MPREb_rlR3DK0nikD) - [Live: The Final Tour (1989)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/jim-croce-live-the-final-tour-MPREb_msxDmWM8cuE) - [Photographs & Memories: His Greatest Hits (1974)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/jim-croce-photographs-and-memories-his-greatest-hits-MPREb_LB9r3lwHaXq) - [Life & Times (1973)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/jim-croce-life-and-times-MPREb_TbFZfphODvB) - [I Got a Name (1973)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/jim-croce-i-got-a-name-MPREb_xtndTHF2PI7) - [You Don't Mess Around With Jim (1972)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/jim-croce-you-dont-mess-around-with-jim-MPREb_VBTf5E1KCBY) - [It Doesn't Have To Be That Way (His Christmas Love Song) (1973)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/jim-croce-it-doesnt-have-to-be-that-way-his-christmas-love-MPREb_Us1WRyu5D8J) ## Similar artists - [Harry Nilsson](https://hit-masters.com/en/artists/harry-nilsson-UCVlbbMiyHZiH2hNLd0MOMhA) - [John Denver](https://hit-masters.com/en/artists/john-denver-UCV8ZtASJ8X9ZwX3r1Dsei0w) - [Arlo Guthrie](https://hit-masters.com/en/artists/arlo-guthrie-UCMuqt4tU70hwj0l12C6g2vQ) - [Loggins & Messina](https://hit-masters.com/en/artists/loggins-and-messina-UC6xL5tN9qVdjC07-CoS-Ghw) - [Seals](https://hit-masters.com/en/artists/seals-UCsf803dMVUj5thyQ_lG2bDw) - [The Lovin' Spoonful](https://hit-masters.com/en/artists/the-lovin-spoonful-UCgTe55AB4dqeMMVgVZ-qQnQ) --- Songs, cover art and plays: YouTube Music. 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